Author: William C. Vantuono

With Railway Age since 1992, William C. Vantuono has broadened and deepened the magazine's coverage of the technological revolution that is so swiftly changing the industry. He has also strengthened Railway Age’s leadership position in industry affairs with the conferences he conducts, among them Next-Generation Train Control, Light Rail, and Rail Insights. He is the author or co-author or editor of several books, among them All About Railroading; John Armstrong’s The Railroad: What It Is, What It Does; Railway Age’s Comprehensive Railroad Dictionary; and Planning, Engineering, and Operating Light Rail, With Applications in New Jersey.

IANA: 3Q23 Shows ‘Signs of a Turnaround’

Following third-quarter Class I railroad earnings reports, IANA (Intermodal Association of North America) gave its figures, and they closely follow what the AAR (Association of American Railroads) has been reporting for at

Schumer: $3.4B FTA Grant for SAS Phase 2

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), as he has done previously with other transportation projects in his state, has jumped the gun on a formal announcement by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

CSX 3Q23: ‘Improving Sequential Trends’

The third quarter of 2023 for CSX saw a few significant and continuing performance and service improvements in a market best described as challenging. Third-quarter 2023 operating income of $1.30 billion decreased

UP3Q23: ‘Operationally, We Gained Momentum’

Union Pacific results for 2023’s third quarter reflected a drop in carloadings and a slight operating ratio uptick, and improvements in service quality, safety and equipment utilization. “We faced many challenges in

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SIR Receives First R211S Cars

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Oct. 18 rolled out a five-car set of “standard” (non-open-gangway) Kawasaki R211S rapid transit cars for service on MTA Staten Island Railway (SIR) beginning

Requiem for a New Jersey Branch Line

Chesapeake & Delaware LLC (C&D) wholly owned subsidiary Delaware & Raritan River Railroad (DRR) has completed the Freehold & Southern Connection, a five-mile track rehabilitation project reconnecting, after nearly 40 years, Freehold

GT38H Testing Under Way in Brazil

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has delivered two EMD® GT38H locomotives to Rumo Logística (formerly América Latina Logística, ALL), Brazil’s largest railway operator. Rumo placed the order in September 2022. The GT38H, one